Christopher Denham

Denham has appeared on Broadway in Master Harold..and the Boys, Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore and David Mamet's China Doll, opposite Al Pacino. In 2025, he co-starred opposite George Clooney in the Broadway adaptation of Good Night and Good Luck, directed by David Cromer.

Christopher Denham studied at Marist High School and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The recorded working language is English. Distinctions recorded are Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.

• Name — Christopher Denham • Birthplace — Blue Island, Illinois, U.S. • Occupation — * Actor • Film director • Years Active — 2003–present

Denham grew up on the south side of Chicago and worked at the famous Steppenwolf Theatre. He attended drama school at the University of Illinois.

Denham made his Broadway debut opposite Danny Glover in the Roundabout Theatre revival of "Master Harold"...and the Boys. Denham originated the role of Matt in the Steppenwolf Theater production of Adam Rapp's Red Light Winter. The production moved to New York where Denham won Outstanding Lead Actor at the 2006 Lucille Lortel Awards. His other Broadway credits include the title role in Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore and David Mamet's China Doll, opposite Al Pacino. He co-starred opposite George Clooney in the Broadway production of Good Night and Good Luck, directed by David Cromer. Off-Broadway, Denham appeared at Playwright's Horizons in Adam Rapp's Kindness opposite Katherine Waterston, Charles Mee's Wintertime at Second Stage, and Steven Levenson's The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin, opposite David Morse at Roundabout Theatre Company. Regionally, Denham has worked with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, New York Stage and Film and the Sundance Lab for Directors and Screenwriters.

Denham's first major film role was as CIA paramilitary operations officer Mike Vickers in Charlie Wilson's War, directed by Mike Nichols. He starred opposite Brit Marling in the acclaimed psychological thriller Sound of My Voice which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His breakout film role was as Mark Lijek, one of the six escaped hostages rescued by Tony Mendez in Argo. Denham later portrayed scientist Jim Meeks on the Emmy-nominated Manhattan. In 2017, he joined the cast of Billions as attorney Oliver Dake. He appeared as Sheriff Peter Trask in Craig Zobel's One Dollar, which premiered on CBS All Access. In 2020, he was a series regular in Gillian Flynn's Utopia as Arby. Denham has collaborated with directors Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island), Mike Nichols (Charlie Wilson's War), Barry Levinson (The Bay), Tony Gilroy (Duplicity), Jodie Foster (Money Monster) and Aaron Sorkin (Being the Ricardos). Other TV credits include Rubicon, Person of Interest, The Good Wife, Prodigal Son, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Following, The Hunting Party. Denham wrote and directed the 2008 horror film Home Movie (IFC Films) which premiered at Toronto After Dark and won the Citizen Kane Award for up-and-coming director at the Sitges Film Festival. He also wrote and directed the critically acclaimed thriller, Preservation, starring Wrenn Schmidt, Pablo Schreiber and Aaron Staton. which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival and was distributed by The Orchard. He also directed the psychological thriller, Old Flame, which is distributed by Gravitas Ventures. Denham plays the German spy Klaus Fuchs in Christopher Nolan’s film, Oppenheimer, for Universal Pictures, which was released in July 2023. In 2025, he joined the cast of Apple TV's For All Mankind. Denham is slated to appear in A24's upcoming Friday the 13th prequel series, Crystal Lake. In 2027, he will appear in Tom McCarthy's The Statement, opposite Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Joey Field — Episode: "Damaged" • 2007 — Law & Order — Gerald Stockwell — Episode: "Murder Book" • Two Families — Greg — Television film • 2010 — Rubicon — Evan Hadas — Episode: "Keep the Ends Out" • 2012 — Person of Interest — Kyle Morrison — Episode: "Identity Crisis" • 2013 — Deception — Remy Colville — Episode: "Pilot" • The Following — Vince McKinley — 3 episodes • The Good Wife — Trent — Episode: "What's in the Box?" • 2014–2015 — Manhattan — Jim Meeks — 23 episodes • 2017–2018 — Billions — Oliver Dake — 17 episodes • 2017 — The Blacklist: Redemption — Brian Mayhew — Episode: "Operation Davenport" • 2018 — One Dollar — Peter Trask — 10 episodes • 2020 — Utopia — Arby — 8 episodes • 2021 — Prodigal Son — Trevor Falvey — Episode: "Bad Manners" • 2022 — Shining Girls — Leo Jenkins — 4 episodes • 2023 — The Gilded Age — Robert McNeil — 4 episodes • 2024 — American Rust — Russell Wolfe — 9 episodes • 2026 — For All Mankind — Walt Griebel — 8 episodes • 2026 — The Hunting Party — Byron May — Season 2 Episode: "Byron May" Guest Star

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2003 — "Master Harold"...and the Boys — Hally — Roundabout Theater Company • 2004 — Wintertime — Jonathan — Second Stage Theater • 2005 — Red Light Winter — Matt — Steppenwolf Theater • 2006 — Red Light Winter — Matt — Barrow Street Theater 2006 Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding Lead Actor (tie) • cagelove — Playwright, Director — Rattlestick Playwrights Theater • The Lieutenant of Inishmore — Mad Padraic — Lyceum Theatre • 2008 — Kindness — Dennis — Playwrights Horizons • 2015 — China Doll — Carson — Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre • 2018 — The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin — James Durnin — Roundabout Theater Company • 2025 — Good Night, and Good Luck — John Aaron — Winter Garden Theatre

Christopher Denham is recorded as having studied at Marist High School and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Denham received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.